I put strong emphasis on preparation in my photography: I research a location extensively before the shoot, look for the best weather condition and, when it comes to seascapes, check the tide table.
When I'm at the location, I arrive early before sunset, or the day before if I plan to shoot a sunrise, and look for the best composition I can see.
On the last day of my trip to White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, I set out to find the iconic Yuccas to shoot. I walked more than 20 minutes in the desert looking for one, but a bush in the distance eventually captured my attention instead.
I get this question all the time, like every other photographer on the planet, and it often sparks heated debates that challenge the notion of objective reality and the meaning of photography.
Two weeks ago I unboxed the Sony a7R Mark IV mirrorless camera, the high resolution beast, and brought it with me for a field review in the mountains around Santa Clara in Northern California.
The a7R Mark IV is the latest mirrorless flagship from Sony. Sporting a big 61MP Exmor R Full Frame Sensor, the a7R Mark IV is capable of 15 stops of dynamic range in a small package. Sony started shipping the a7R Mark IV on the 12th of September and I just received mine.
My business has an environmental impact that I can not ignore: from the electricity I need to work on the images to, more importantly, the paper I use to print them, every image I create has a non negligible carbon balance.
Photography is a form of communication, a language with its grammar and uses. I talk more in depth about some of the technical details of Composition in this article on Visual Wilderness (How to Compose Photos to Tell Your Story).